[f. STREEK v. + -ING2.] That extends; that is stretched out.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., II. 432. Ryngis fyrst he gert men were, Þa he gert on mydfynger ber, For fra þat to þe hart, he saide, Ane ewyn strekande wayne was laide.
1572. Gascoigne, Hund. Flowres, Gascoignes good nyghte, 23. The streking [1575 stretching] arms, the yauning breath, which I to bedward vse.
1577. Grange, Golden Aphrod., I ij b. Then is it no masterie for me (Lady) with streaking armes to swimme in a sea of honny.
1600. Holland, Livy, IV. xix. 152. He ouerthrew him backward with the bosse of his target, and laid him streaking along.
